Soap-dispensing device



L. B. SCHWARCZ.

SOAP DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-21,1920.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

WITNESSES INVENTOR jib/4E0 .5. Schema/e62 By' W A TTOR/VEYS UNITED STATES LEONARD BERG SCHWARCZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOAP-DISPENSING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Application filed liecember 21, 1920. Serial No. 432,285.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD B. SoHwARoz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and Improved Soap-Dispensing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to soap-dispensing devices, and has for an object the provision of a simple, eflicient and economically manufactured device which is foolproof.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

Hitherto soap-dispensing devices, particularly those involving the use of liquid soap, have been so made that they could be disassembled by mischievous persons and their functioning impaired. I aim to overcome these objections by the provision of a liquid soap receptacle in which all the parts are so connected together that the connections cannot be tampered with by persons using the device.

My invention also resides in the provision of a single-piece cover for the main body portion of the said'receptacle which can be cemented or otherwise attached thereto and which cover is simple in its functions and ornamental in its design.

I also provide means whereby the connections between the cover portion and the sup port for the device are made or formed on the inner surface of the cover portion and are hidden from access when the cover is applied to the body portion.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 represents a vertical section taken through the device;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device; and

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken through the upper part of the receptacle and the cover portion.

As shown in the. drawings, the invention comprises a soap-dispensing receptacle or body portion 1, which is preferably made of glass, and within which a body of liquid soap 2 may be contained. This body portion is provided with a curved neck portion 3, the outer peripheral surface of which may be provided with threads 4: if desired. A cover portion 5, preferably made of highly polished metal, is provided with a flange portion 6 adapted to embrace the neck portion 8 and is preferably connected thereto by such material as cement 7. By providing the outer peripheral surface of the neck 3 with threads or grooves 4, the cement can form av firm, positive gripping connection between the neck portion 3 and the flange portion 6.

The cover 5 is provided with an aperture 8' which forms an outlet for the liquid soap. On the inner surface of the cover adjacent the aperture 8 a spring valve 9 is disposed, one end of which is connected to the cover portion 5 by any suitable means, such as a screw 10. By reason of the fact that only one end of this spring leaf valve is rigidly fastened to the cover, the other end is free to move around this connection as a pivot, whereby the opening of the aperture 8 may be varied with the movement of the valve. The normal position of the valve is shown in Figure 1 in full lines, and it will be noticed that the inner's urface of the cover 5 beneath the valve in its normal position is cut away, as shown at 11, so that the valve in its normal position does not entirely close the opening of the aperture 8. At one side of" the cover portion 5 an operating handle portion 12 is provided which, in the usual manner, can be moved by the hand to tilt the body portion or receptacle 1 forward so that some of the soap will run out through the aperture 8 when the body is in this tilted position. The valve may be of various types, for instance, any spring-pressed valve, such as a ball.

In order to mount this receptacle for use on a wall or other suitable support, I provide a bracket member 13, which can be attached by screws 14- to the wall, and which is formed with a pair of outwardly extendins. oppositely disposed forked arms 15 the ends of which are provided with apertures through which suitable connections, such as rivets 16, extend into opposite edges of the flange portion 6, whereby the arms 15 can be connected to the dispensing device. The inner ends of the rivets 16 are turned over to connect the arms 15 to the cover portion 5 on the inner face of the flange 6. Therefore, when the cover portion 5, with the arms 15 attached thereto in the manner abovedescribed, is cemented or fastened to the neck port-ion 3 of the body 1, the inner ends of these rivets are not accessible, and, therefore, it is impossible for any person to re-,

destroying the device.

move the cover of the receptacle from the supporting arms 15 Without substantially The rivet. connection is not rigid, so as to permit of a pivotal movement of the body 1 therearound in order to enable it to be tilted.

In Figure-1 in dotted lines, is shown a filling device 17, the neck. 18 of whichcan be inserted through the aperture 8 to intro duce; liquid soap into the body portion 1.v

When this. operation has taken place the spring, valve 9 is. moved to one side, as shown in dottedline, so that the-neck of the filling receptacle can protrude into the innerportion of the. body I. I

'On the; peripheral faces of the cover 5, adjacent each end of the arms 15 and on opposite.- sides of, each end, are disposed. a

claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent: y

l-. A soapedispensing device having a body portion,. a. cover portion therefor comprising a single piece of material, said cover porttion'having a-soa-p outlet therein, and. a fiat. leat springvalve-disposed on the inside of" the cover adjacent thesame and adapted .to'

How slightly past partially restrict the flow of the soap through the opening.-

2; A soap-dispensing device comprising a receptacle or body portion having a curved neckportioh, a cover, a flange portion on "said cover adapted to embrace the neck por tion and be connected thereto, said cover portion having an outlet aperture and a spring valve disposed ad acent the aperture on the inside of the cover, one end of the.

valve being fastened to the: cover the other end being free, whereby the valve normally restricts the opening oftheaperture Within the receptacle.

3. A soap-dispensing device comprising'a receptacle or body portion having a curved neck portion, supporting. arms; disposed adj acent the cover portion, means connecting the arms and the. cover portion andadapted to extendthrough they cover portion and be fastened thereto on the'inner facev thereof said. cover. portion having an'outlet aperture, a spring valve disposed adjacent the aperture on the inside of the cover,' and means for fastening the Valve at oneend to the cover portion, theother end of the valve being free, said cover being cutaway slightly-beneath the normal position of the valve whereby the contentsv ofthe receptacle can the valve in its normal position. I i r LEoN R IIBERG scHWARcz. 

